I Sealed Sukuna’s Finger#459+460: Time to Give The Sword Shaman a Proper Meal, Making Sayaka Fly

Completely contrary to her usual dignified, elegant impression, La Folia showed extraordinary passion regarding certain matters.

When time blinked forward two hours later, the entire bedroom had long since filled with steamy mist. Golden champagne liquid dripped from a corner of the sheets pulled from beneath the comforter onto the floor—drip, drop, drip, drop—in rhythmic water sounds. The air was thick with the heavy scent of fierce battle.

Atop the large bed, Bokue's arm wrapped around La Folia's waist, holding her in his embrace.

The silver-haired princess who'd always presented a dignified, elegant image now had hair completely soaked with sweat, plastered to her forehead. Her sea-blue eyes—filled with thick moisture—reflected the young man's face before her. Her entire being radiated a beauty completely different from usual, even unprecedented, from inside out.

"Mou~ you really showed no mercy at all, Bokue-kun..."

Perhaps due to physical exhaustion, La Folia's words came intermittently, her voice much quieter than before—could barely be heard unless right by her ear.

"Did you also make those two girls 'produce sounds' like this, Bokue-kun?"

"Those two girls?"

Bokue raised an eyebrow slightly, not quite understanding who La Folia meant.

"Mmm~"

The silver-haired princess lying in the young man's arms shifted slightly for a more comfortable position, lifting her leg—now without a single dry spot of skin—to drape across him.

"Remember back on the deserted island, probably the second day after meeting you and Sayaka, two other girls arrived by speedboat? Them."

Two other girls...

Bokue recalled briefly. If he remembered correctly, aside from him and Sayaka, the only others who came to the island were... uh...

"I believe they were called Nagisa Akatsuki and Yukina Himeragi."

Having rested a bit and recovered some stamina, La Folia raised her arm around the young man's neck, pressing her soft body almost completely against his side. Between parted lips, her mouth lightly brushed against Bokue's earlobe.

"Bokue-kun has already done it with those two girls too, right?"

"Hmm?"

Not expecting La Folia to suddenly ask such a question, Bokue couldn't help being slightly startled.

But the silver-haired princess had already continued on her own.

"Well, it's not really anything. After all, our House of Rihavein has possessed extremely powerful spiritual power since ancient times. Though not the same system as Japanese Onmyōdō, I can precisely sense the physical condition of people around me. So through this method, I knew those two girls were already no longer 'maidens.' Combined with their attitudes toward you, Bokue-kun... well, the rest goes without saying, right?"

"..."

"Of course, I don't mean to criticize you, Bokue-kun. Rather, I actually greatly advocate the harem system."

???

Bokue's head filled with question marks. He'd completely lost track of what La Folia wanted to say.

"...Why are you looking at me like that?"

Seeing the young man's expression grow increasingly subtle, La Folia blinked.

"Though there's nothing strange about it, right? After all, I'm the first princess of the Kingdom of Aldegyr. We don't have Japan's monogamy concept there. So I absolutely support Bokue-kun having a harem."

"Hmm... though part of the reason is also because it lets me join in. If it were just monogamy, then me, Sayaka, Nagisa-san, and Yukina-san would all become losers, wouldn't we?"

"Though I'm still quite surprised. Those two girls looked so small, yet they could take Bokue-kun's..."

As La Folia spoke, her speed picked up again.

"Though thinking about it, Sayaka seems similar. Even after being treated like that by you on the deserted island, Bokue-kun, the next day her walking posture was only slightly awkward..."

"Hold on, what?"

Bokue—nearly choking on his own saliva—hurriedly pressed for details.

How'd they fast-forward straight to him doing Sayaka on the deserted island?

"Ara, Bokue-kun still hasn't realized?"

La Folia blinked again, seeming somewhat surprised.

"It was that night we stayed on the deserted island. The next morning when I woke up, didn't we see Sayaka bathing in the bathroom? Though I only learned later when chatting with Sayaka that night you—while sleeping, Bokue-kun—did that to her... well, that's what happened."

!!!

With this reminder, Bokue instantly recalled.

Though he'd indeed felt like he'd grabbed onto something after falling asleep that night, treating it like Natsuki and directly drilling in—but since waking up revealed nothing unusual, he hadn't paid much attention.

Thinking carefully, the suspicious points back then were numerous...

"So now you understand why Sayaka reacted that way when I brought you away earlier, right?"

La Folia smiled faintly.

"Actually, Sayaka has already been thoroughly claimed by you, Bokue. But because she's rather shy, she's never been comfortable saying it directly. Come to think of it, I'd even agreed with Sayaka earlier to claim you together, Bokue-kun. But now she definitely thinks I've betrayed her. Right about now, she's probably crying quietly on the sofa outside."

"So hurry up and go. Completely establish your relationship too. Let Sayaka stop just watching from afar."

"I'm tired anyway. Go ahead now, Bokue, and give Sayaka a surprise. I should sleep for a bit too. As for dinner, you two can... decide... yourselves..."

By the end, as if drowsiness suddenly surged up, La Folia's voice grew quieter and quieter. Then her head tilted and she fell deeply asleep.

Bokue waited a while until hearing the girl's breathing rhythm completely stabilize before rising from bed to tuck La Folia in properly. Golden magnetic field power swept through, cleaning every corner of the room. Then he climbed down from bed, opened the door, and left.

At the same time, just as La Folia had said before falling asleep—

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In the living room, Sayaka Kirasaka sat quietly on the sofa, eyes somewhat vacant as she looked sideways out the window. Tear tracks could still faintly be distinguished at the corners of her eyes.

She didn't even notice the footsteps coming from the bedroom until Bokue reached her side and she finally became aware.

"Bokue, are you two fini—"

Sayaka turned her head. What met her eyes was the young man's completely uncovered form.

Plus—

"W-wait, why are your clothes, Bokue... and this is...!!"

Like a war banner freshly forged from a furnace, it stood proudly erect before the Sword Shaman girl. The spear tip pointed straight at the girl's brow, radiating terrifying heat. Waves of white steam rose from it, rushing straight at her face.

Gulp~

Sayaka swallowed quietly.

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Scene change—Sayaka Kirasaka, who'd been sitting on the sofa gazing out the window lost in thought moments ago, had already fallen into the young man's embrace.

Bokue maintained the same outfit from when he'd just emerged from the bedroom.

He sat brazenly sprawled on the sofa, one arm wrapped around the Sword Shaman girl's waist holding her in his lap. Scorching sensation pressed through her black thigh-high stockings against Sayaka's legs, transmitted through her skin—making her so embarrassed she nearly buried her head in his neck.

That iron-cast war banner was like the safety bar on a roller coaster seat, firmly locking her in her designated position.

But... wasn't this "safety bar" fastened way too securely?!

Heat waves assaulted in succession, like midsummer's blazing sun beating on asphalt pavement before bouncing up her stocking-clad legs. Even the small piece of fabric beneath her skirt hem showed signs of being soaked by "sweat."

Sayaka's cheeks had flushed so red they nearly dripped blood. Her gaze wandered as her voice emerged thin as a mosquito's buzz.

"Wh-what are you doing, Bokue? Weren't you just in the bedroom with Princess La Folia? Why'd you come back out, plus without clothes... forcing me like this..."

Though her words sounded reproachful, her voice and tone grew increasingly soft—hard not to inspire the urge to bully her a bit.

"La Folia told me everything."

Bokue went straight to the point. His words made the Sword Shaman girl's body tremble.

"Told... you? You mean..."

"About what happened on the deserted island before, of course."

Without any intention of avoiding the topic, Bokue continued.

"Though I was asleep at the time, what happened happened. Plus, I don't think you want to hear me apologize, Sayaka."

"Though slightly late, I'm not letting you run away."

With that, Bokue tightened his arm again, using actions to clarify his intentions.

That menacing war banner had already reached the city gates, only needing to breach and charge in.

"You're so unreasonable..."

Sayaka bit her lower lip lightly, lowering her head to let overhead lighting fall on her drooping bangs, casting large shadows across her face as she hummed indistinctly.

But that bit of protest felt more like acting spoiled than actual protest.

"But why would La Folia tell you these things, Bokue? Wasn't La Folia supposed to..."

"Think she betrayed you?"

Bokue didn't need to hear more to guess what she wanted to say next.

"Though from your perspective that's probably right, essentially La Folia still wanted to give you a push... to let you speak your true feelings. Who told you to be tsundere?"

"Wh-who's tsundere?!"

Hearing herself called tsundere, the tsundere Sayaka immediately retorted without thinking.

Bokue didn't plan to argue, just continuing.

"Though now it seems La Folia still somewhat underestimated how tsundere you are, Sayaka. I was in the room doing it with La Folia for two whole hours, making such loud sounds, yet you still sat here crying alone. Since that's the case, I might as well come out myself."

"Ugh..."

Recalling her pathetic behavior over the past two hours, Sayaka couldn't help lowering her head again.

"Th-that's because you always acted completely oblivious. I couldn't exactly tell you in front of others... you didn't even need to treat me to dinner—if you'd just made time to chat alone with me, I would've..."

"But you had to bodyguard La Folia."

Bokue shrugged.

Now Sayaka couldn't speak again. After all, thinking carefully, that was true. Given her personality, she'd definitely prioritize work. No matter her feelings, she'd never abandon her protection target to go on a date.

Though ultimately, this situation stemmed from Kensei Kanase's selfish assault on the Kingdom of Aldegyr's ship—killing all of La Folia bodyguards, forcing her as a Sword Shaman dispatched by the Lion King Agency merely for host courtesy to shoulder the entire workload!

Hmm... though that didn't seem quite right either.

Thinking back carefully, her relationship with Bokue had transformed on that deserted island. Without everything that happened there, their relationship couldn't have become what it was now.

So ultimately, she was just too tsundere...

Unknowingly, Sayaka gradually accepted the setting that she was indeed "tsundere."

"...Eh?"

Just as the Sword Shaman girl spiraled toward deep self-blame, lifting force from both sides of her armpits brought her awareness back to reality without warning.

Bokue lifted her directly, adjusting position from the original side-sitting to face-to-face straddling.

With this change, Sayaka felt like she'd been placed on a seesaw. Even though the young man's hands had released, that upward lifting force still acted on her, nearly raising her entire body.

Plus... so hot!

Having already imagined what would happen next, the Sword Shaman girl's breathing involuntarily took on some trembling.

Not from fear, but anticipation.

She could feel she'd prepared herself, about to welcome that...!!

In this moment, Sayaka felt like some switch had been flipped in her head.

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Meanwhile, inside the bedroom on the large bed—

The silver-haired princess who'd fallen asleep from exhaustion moments ago slowly opened her eyes.

"Ahh~"

La Folia yawned softly, reaching up to find the bedside lamp switch and turn it on.

Soft light shone down from above. She saw the covers neatly tucked over herself, plus the room cleaned spotlessly.

Small details made La Folia smile faintly.

"You really are gentle, Bokue-kun."

She'd truly fallen asleep from exhaustion earlier—but because the Rihavein royal family's constitution was special, generations of powerful spirit mediums who could extract power from objects containing spiritual energy to replenish their own consumption.

And Bokue had just injected massive amounts of spiritual power into her earlier, meaning she only needed slight refinement to rapidly replenish all her expended stamina.

Feeling her body had recovered sufficiently, La Folia picked up the phone from the bedside table to check the time first. Then she threw off the covers and gently got out of bed, muttering to herself during the process.

"Well, by this time Bokue-kun and Sayaka should have started. Perfect timing for me to check the situation too..."

When she reached the bedroom door and pushed it open a small crack, she saw outside in the living room—a certain Sword Shaman girl kneeling on the sofa with her face raised high, stretching her long pale neck upward, arms reaching back with mouth wide open as if about to sprout wings and soar toward the night sky beyond the window.

Plus the fierce commotion that followed immediately after, like endless raging waves.